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January 28, 2016 The Organization of American States (OAS) is a regional intergovernmental human rights organization of 35 member countries of the Americas including the United States. Since 1989, the OAS has worked to develop and negotiate with indigenous peoples a draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The American Declaration will be a regional human rights instrument...

February 22, 2012| Washington, D.C. — The 2013 Violence Against Women Act affirmed tribes' ability to exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction (SDVCJ) over non-Indian defendants within Indian country for domestic or dating violence against Native women, and violations of protection orders. A congressional briefing, Violence Against Women and Implementation of VAWA 2013 Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction, scheduled on...

Armstrong Wiggins, director of the Center’s Washington, D.C. office and a Miskito Indian, says the escalating violence in Nicaragua must stop. He encourages the international community to join in solidarity with the Miskito people calling for an end to military attacks against indigenous leaders."President Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista National Liberation Front party should stop playing politics with the collective...

Washington, D.C. — More than 100 people accepted the invitation to attend a congressional briefing, Violence Against Women and Implementation of VAWA 2013 Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdiction held February 23, 2016 in Washington, D.C."VAWA was a major step but it was just the beginning to restoring to Indian tribes - sovereign nations - the authority to protect women," said...

By Nicole Iaci | Intern, Indian Law Resource CenterOn Thursday, February 25, 2016, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held a roundtable discussion: “The Tribal Law and Order Act 5 Years Later: Next Steps to Improving Justice Systems in Indian Communities.”Signed into law by President Obama on July 29, 2010, the purposes of the Tribal Law and Order Act (TLOA)...

Feb. 23 2016 By Kanya D'Almeida, Race and Justice Reporter, RH Reality Check Tribal leaders and advocates gathered in Washington, D.C., Tuesday to brief Congress on implementation of a provision in the 2013 Violence Against Women Act, which affirmed tribes’ ability to exercise special domestic violence criminal jurisdiction over non-Natives who commit domestic assault, or engage in dating violence, on...

February 22, 2016 indianz.com A briefing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday afternoon will address the impact of the Violence Against Women Act in Indian Country. S.47, the 2013 law that reauthorized VAWA, includes a historic provision that recognizes the "inherent power" of tribes to arrest, prosecute and punish non-Indians for certain domestic violence offenses. Tribes must ensure their justice systems...

March 16, 2016| New York, NY — Speakers from American Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages, and Canadian national indigenous organizations are set to converge for a critical panel discussion on violence against indigenous women and girls. The parallel event, titled Indigenous Women’s Movements to End Violence Against American Indian, Alaska Native, and Indigenous Women, will take place at the sixtieth...

A workshop and discussion for Oklahoma Indian nations hosted by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Today Indian nations are rejoining the global community as sovereign nations in order to protect our sovereignty, our resources, our cultures, and our people. Indian nations in Oklahoma are leaders in this development. This high-level workshop will offer insights and information on what Indian nations need...